clarkware.com Archives - 12 February 2013, Tuesday

When I was a kid we had a pet raccoon on the farm. So despite all the mischievous behavior of this critter, I still have a soft spot for raccoons. Their faces aren't a disguise—that's their true character! I photographed this kit while it was sneaking along the foliage of a lakeshore ...

In this short podcast , Brooks Jensen tells an insightful story about competition he learned while working in a stereo shop in his younger days: The competition for us in the stereo business were the people who sold motorcycles, the people who sold vacation packages, the people who so...

David duChemin on the voice of fear : Our problem, I think, is not that we fear. We fear instinctively. It’s as natural to us as breathing. In some cases, it’s that fear that keeps us alive, though more often I suspect it’s what keeps us from truly living. Our problem is that we liste...

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Ruby Learning Test #1: Are You There, World? March 18, 2005 I truly have no idea where this is going or if it will scale. But I've been meaning to try it, and I'll let you judge whether it's worth it. Here's what I do know: It doesn't cost you anything to come along for the ride. How ...

Packages that are stable should be the centerpieces of a loosely coupled application so the speed of the development team is not adversely affected by the propagation of software changes. Stable packages form design-by-contract facades to other subsystems, allowing teams to develop in...

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Duncan , Nicole, and I spent a delightful afternoon last fall wandering around the hot springs of the Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone. Most visitors to this area come for the big water works: Old Faithful. But just a short walk from the crowds you'll find equally-impressive pools of...

Packages that are stable should be the centerpieces of a loosely coupled application so the speed of the development team is not adversely affected by the propagation of software changes. Stable packages form design-by-contract facades to other subsystems, allowing teams to develop in...